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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is the catholic church the only christian faith that officially opposes birth control? what about abortion?  Honest question. You always hear about the catholic position, but do all protestants sanction these practices? [/quote]

If you only eat organic do you believe birth control is okay?[/quote]

Wtf is this supposed to suggest? Do you have brain damage or jus a low iq? [/quote]

As the PP pointed out, the Catholic Church is not the only group that thinks natural family planning is better for your body.

I don't care if somebody wants to take birth control any more than I care if somebody eats 5 Big Macs in a sitting but it is not really that good for your body.[/quote]

On what basis do you claim that the Catholic Church has concerns about birth control and women's health?
I thought the argument was that we all have to be "open to life".  God chooses if a sex act makes a child, not us.[/quote]

How about God chooses who gets cancer so we should just let it run it's course.

Such medieval thinking.  I knew of a woman in my hometown in the 1970s who died in childbirth, leaving 4 kids motherless; her doctor had told her she shouldn't get pregnant anymore because another pregnancy would kill her.  Her priest told her she couldn't use artificial birth control, so she didn't. And of course she got pregnant.  This is why people say the Catholic Church devalues women's health.  If my doctor told me I shouldn't ever get pregnant again, I'd be scheduling my tubal ligation for the next day.[/quote]

Urban legend. The Catholic Church does not support this no birth control if the mother's life could be in danger, just like it is okay to take birth control if you have endometriosis or you can take it for acne.

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It's not an urban legend.  This was someone in my hometown.  The priest told her it was a sin to use artificial birth control.  If a priest told her it was okay to use artifiical birth control (including condoms) or to get a tubal ligation he'd be going against Church doctrine.  Ever heard of Humanae Vitae?  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanae_Vitae

That's the document issued in 1968 by Pope Paul VI that explicitly states that women should just use NFP if they want to space their children our or have some health concerns about getting pregnant.   Yes, the Church opposes tubal ligation in a case where a woman has been told by her doctor never to get pregnant again or risk serious health consequences.  However, a woman could get a hysterectomy as long as it's about curing a disease and not warding off pregnancy.  How thoughtful.
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